Freedom Struggle & Gandhi — Set 11

Correct Answer: B. India House

Shyamji Krishna Varma, born in Mandvi, Kutch, Gujarat, established India House in London in 1905. India House served as a centre for Indian revolutionary activities in Britain. V.D. Savarkar and other revolutionaries were associated with India House. Varma also published a monthly journal called 'Indian Sociologist'.

Correct Answer: C. Mandvi in Kutch

Shyamji Krishna Varma was born in Mandvi, Kutch, Gujarat in 1857. He was a revolutionary nationalist who funded Indian independence activities from London. He established India House in London in 1905 as a centre for Indian revolutionaries. His ashes were brought back to India and interred in Mandvi in 2003.

Correct Answer: A. Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi participated in the Second Round Table Conference in London in 1931 as Congress's sole representative. He attended after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931 suspended the Civil Disobedience Movement. The conference failed to produce agreement on constitutional reforms. Gandhi returned to India and resumed civil disobedience.

Correct Answer: C. Civil Disobedience Movement

The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on March 5, 1931 between Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Irwin to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement. The British agreed to release political prisoners and allow salt making on the coast. Gandhi agreed to attend the Second Round Table Conference in London. The pact was controversial among radical nationalists.

Correct Answer: B. Porbandar

Kasturba Gandhi was born in Porbandar, Gujarat in 1869, the same city as Mahatma Gandhi. She married Gandhi in 1882. She participated actively in freedom movements and satyagrahas. She died in Aga Khan Palace, Pune in 1944 while under detention during the Quit India Movement.

Correct Answer: C. Porbandar

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, a coastal city in Gujarat. His father Karamchand Gandhi was the Diwan of Porbandar state. Gandhi spent his early years in Porbandar and Rajkot. He later went to London for legal studies and then spent 21 years in South Africa before returning to India.

Correct Answer: C. 1915

Mahatma Gandhi returned permanently to India from South Africa in January 1915. He had spent 21 years in South Africa developing his philosophy of Satyagraha. Upon return he set up the Kochrab Ashram in Ahmedabad. His mentor Gopal Krishna Gokhale advised him to travel across India before entering active politics.

Correct Answer: C. Champaran

Gandhi's first satyagraha in India was at Champaran, Bihar in 1917 against the forced indigo cultivation on farmers. This was before his major Gujarat satyagrahas. The success at Champaran established Gandhi as a national leader. It also helped him understand the conditions of Indian peasants under British rule.

Correct Answer: B. Junagadh

Sardar Patel's most dramatic integration was of Junagadh, a Gujarat princely state whose Muslim Nawab had acceded to Pakistan in 1947. The people of Junagadh were predominantly Hindu. Patel sent troops and held a plebiscite in which people voted overwhelmingly to join India. Junagadh formally acceded to India in November 1947.

Correct Answer: D. G.V. Mavalankar

G.V. Mavalankar (Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar) from Gujarat was the President of the Constituent Assembly's first session. He later became the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha of independent India. He was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and participated in freedom movements. He is remembered for establishing the traditions and procedures of India's Parliament.